Thursday, September 30, 2010

Feathered Star Quilt & Spiders

I finished a beautiful feathered star quilt last week.

I gave it feathers (appropriate, don't you think???) & continuous curve & bead board in the outer border.  The setting squares have stars quilted with the Circle Lord. 
The green inner border has ric rac quilting. 

Spiders.  I stepped on one last night after it FOOLISHLY scurried out from underneath my bottom thread drawer.  It was one of those Hallowe'en spiders - the black ones with the pointy, strong looking legs.  It was kinda twitching after I squashed it, like bugs do.  They always say that a headless chicken is running around just from 'nerves' that haven't realized they are dead yet.  Bugs seem to do the same thing, right?  So I wiped it up with a wad of toilet paper and tossed it in the potty.  This morning, I went to USE the potty, and guess who was swimming around in the bowl?  Correct.  Mr. Inky-Dinky.  I flushed before I sat, just in case the little bastard could jump.  And that is today's tale of life in the country.

6 comments:

  1. LOL! Great story neighbour!

    It looks beautiful!!!


    Well done.

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  2. Great quilting but how on earth did the spider survive if you stepped on him?

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  3. Dolores, I not only stepped on him, I DROWNED him. Very strong will to live, poor bugger.

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  4. Beautiful quilting - the center especially.

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  5. I love the quilting! I'm taking notes getting ready to quilt a feathered star for my husband! Oh..I will trade you spiders for the scorpions I find frequently! I squash and flush too..ick Ick ICK!

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